Weeford

{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name= Weeford

|country= England

|static_image_name= St Mary's, Weeford.jpg

|static_image_caption= St Mary's Church

|static_image_alt= View of part of the church through foliage

|coordinates= {{coord|52.63|-1.79|display=inline,title}}

|population= 215

|population_ref= (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130233&c=Weeford&d=16&e=62&g=6463542&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1450006535058&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=13 December 2015}}

|civil_parish= Weeford

|shire_district= Lichfield

|shire_county= Staffordshire

|region= West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Tamworth{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/ |title=United Kingdom Parliament |accessdate=18 September 2009}}

|post_town= LICHFIELD

|postcode_district= WS14

|postcode_area= WS

|dial_code= 01543

|os_grid_reference= SK1404

}}

Weeford is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 215, an increase from 202 in the 2001 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790513 |title=Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Lichfield |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=14 November 2009}}

The name Weeford is believed to come from the Old English Wēohford or Wēoford, and to mean "Holy ford",{{cite web|url = http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/results_search.php#|title = Key to English Place Names|publisher = Institute for Name-Studies|accessdate = 29 September 2009}} or "ford by a heathen temple".*Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, by A.D.Mills, publ Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-280074-4}}

The medieval church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and listed Grade II. It was rebuilt to its present form in 1802,{{cite web|url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/weeford-st-mary-the-virgin/|title = Weeford S.Mary the Virgin, Weeford|publisher = The Church of England|accessdate = 18 September 2009}}{{cite web|url = http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Weeford/index.html|title = GENUKI: Weeford|accessdate = 18 September 2009}} to a design by James Wyatt. Wyatt had himself been born at Blackbrook Farm in Weeford in 1746, and by 1802 had already designed such buildings as the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford and Broadway Tower, Worcestershire.

Manley Hall (also known as Thickbroom Hall) was an English Tudor-style country house which at one time stood in a 1200-acre estate on the western outskirts of the village.